2 Kings 2:16

Overview - 2 Kings 2
Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with his mantle divides Jordan;
and, granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven.
12 Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged his successor.
16 The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to seek Elijah, cannot find him.
19 Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome waters.
23 Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha.
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2 Kings 2:16  (King James Version)
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
 


strong men
Hebrew sons of strength. the Spirit.
1 Kings 18:12 ; Ezekiel 3:14 ; 8:3 11:24 40:2 Acts 8:39 ; 2 Corinthians 12:2 2 Corinthians 12:3

some mountain
Hebrew one of the mountains.